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Birthday November 24, 1863

• The temperature on November 24, 1863 was about 10.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
  • November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter († 1937)
• 1859 » Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building († 1934)
• 1864 » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator († 1901)
• 1868 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer († 1917)
• 1869 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal († 1951)
• 1873 » Julius Martov, Russian politician († 1923)